Municipal Committee Katra vs Ashwani Kumar

The Supreme Court addressed the jurisdiction of the High Court in entertaining a civil dispute for monetary relief arising from contractual obligations, specifically under the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules. The Court held that the High Court's writ jurisdiction is not applicable to purely civil disputes, thereby upholding the dismissal of the respondent's appeal for modification of the earlier order. The judgment clarifies the limits of writ jurisdiction in matters involving contractual disputes, reinforcing that such matters should be resolved through civil suits rather than writ petitions.